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KINGFISHER
NEWS UPDATE 7TH MARCH 2010
A
NUMBER OF GOOD SIZED BLUES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND SEEN ON
THE “RIPS” AS THE WEATHER JUST GETS HOTTER AND
HOTTER!!
Dear
All,
It
seems just a few hours ago when I was writing last weeks
report and here I am again writing this weeks. One week
just seems to amalgamate into the next as time rushes
by.
It
is getting hotter and hotter down here and in the middle
of the day it is quite uncomfortable and one has to find
a fan or an air conditioned room in which to stop over
heating. The wind is blowing from the north at the moment
but it is still erratic, swinging from the north to the
south east.
Further
upcountry they have experienced some very strange weather
for this time of year with torrential rain storms causing
flash floods. In Samburu national park up to ten camps
were washed down the Ewaso Nyiro river as it burst its
banks in a matter of hours. We are expecting our long
rains to start at the end of March but it is almost unheard
of to have rain now. The Malindi bay is brown again with
lots of the dirty river water ending up in the bay. We
had one day in the week when we had 15 mm of rain which
helped settle the dust but that is it since then.
The
Kilifi Classic ended last Sunday at the boat yard. Simba
emerged the victor with two stripeys on the second day
and Unreel finished second. Unfortunately our only entrant
Eclare didn’t have such a good second day and finished
down the leader board. Neptune with John Cook on board
fished from Malindi to Watamu. They found the fish they
had seen the day before and ended up with 2 striped marlin
and 4 sailfish. Our other boats ventured out into the
deep as well and although they didn’t catch any marlin
they had good days with sailfish. Tina with veterans Roger
Norton and Richard Kell on board had a very good day with
5 sailfish, 1 barracuda and 1 dorado. Roger and Dickie
first came to Malindi in the mid 90’s and fished
with myself on Tina. They had a hand in initiating cooked
fish lunches on the boat but in those days we used to
take the lines out the water and stop the boat for half
an hour and do it properly. I have to say after the first
couple of days fishing with them I did wonder who these
two guys were. From the time they stepped on the boat
they were at each others throats, although they were supposedly
friends! I had to intervene and act as “referee”
on many occasions; on one occasion, I had to come down
stairs to assert my authority and as they were arguing
over whose turn it was on the rod I strapped my stop watch
to the ladder! Anyway they have ended up being good loyal
clients and it was good to see them again after seven
years. I did think that they must have aged and calmed
down by now but not at all. They are still at it and this
time they brought a referee out to act as mediator but
poor old Colin didn’t have a hope in ….! We
hope that they won’t leave it for another seven years
before coming to see us again.
On
the 1st March Neptune started a five day charter with
Mike Tracey, another old face who has been coming year
in year out for a while now. Mike very generously sponsored
the Herbie Paul International Tournament in October last
year and hopefully this year it will be even bigger and
better. Mike had a slow start to his five days only catching
a few small fish. Eclare fishing with Hans Schonauer had
a striped marlin and a barracuda and Malachite had a couple
of sailfish.
On
the 2nd it was difficult for most boats and Snark was
our only boat to get a billfish catching 2 sailfish with
Trevor Skelton, John Hughes and Kobus Heymann. The other
boats ended up with a few small fish.
On
the 3rd we had all the boats fishing and there was a change
of luck for Mike Tracey on Neptune. He tagged and released
two nice size striped marlin as well as a few small fish.
Tina, Snark and Snowgoose had two sailfish each fishing
off Malindi and they saw quite a lot of other’s as
well.
On
the 4th there were a lot of sailfish seen off Malindi
with Tina catching seven, Snowgoose six and Snark four.
Eclare didn’t have too much luck out on the rips,
they did lose a sailfish after a while but didn’t
see any marlin at all. Neptune with Mike Tracey once again
tagged and released a nice blue marlin of 80 kgs and tagged
and released two sailfish.
On
the 5th Tina tagged and released a 50 kg stripey on the
Casuarina ledge and Mike Tracey on Neptune finished off
with a real bang, tagging two more stripeys and a sailfish.
This brought his tally to five marlin and three sailfish
in five days fishing, not bad considering the first two
days were blanks. Eclare was fishing for smaller fish
closer in with Dave and Norma Park and they ended up with
a mixed bag of bottom fish. Snowgoose had another very
good day sailfish fishing ending up with eight sail and
a wahoo. Snark fishing with Martin and Mara Thompson and
ably assisted by Russell Brumby tagged and released two
sailfish on light tackle.
The
6th was the first day of the Watamu International Tournament
fished out of Hemingways and Ocean Sports. Unfortunately
none of our boats fished in it but there was still a good
turn out. A fair amount of fish were caught and lost and
after the weigh in at Hemingways at 5 pm it was Tega in
the lead followed by Black Widow and sea Storm. Tega had
three stripeys and four sailfish whilst Black Widow had
a very nice blue of 194 kgs, which died on them and they
had to bring in, and a striped marlin. There is obviously
quite a few good sized blues around as two were caught
in the 180 kg range the day before, one on Ol Jogi and
one on Simba. Both Neptune and Eclare tagged a striped
marlin as well as three and one sailfish respectively.
Tina, Snark and Snowgoose went out to the rips as well
and caught one, two and three sailfish respectively. Snark
also had seven dorado which is interesting as more and
more dorado are being caught and their presence normally
means that the monsoon is about to change. Lets hope that
this is not the case as it is still a bit early for that.
Today
was the last day of the tournament and although not as
many billfish were caught as yesterday, the fishing was
still good. Black Widow overtook Tega to win outright
by catching a stripey and four sailfish to Tegas nil for
the day. Tega hung on to second and White Bear was third.
Neptune had a very good day with Mick Reid and friends
on board. They would have swept the tournament if they
had been in it as they had four stripeys today. They had
at least one other on as well and had a few others up
to the baits. Eclare had part of the Mick Reid group as
well but they weren’t as lucky as the ones on Neptune
and by 3 pm they didn’t have a fish. Their luck suddenly
changed out of the blue so to speak when no less than
three black marlin were in amongst the lures. They hooked
two but one fell off quite quickly. The one that stayed
on was the bigger of the three and a nice fish. After
at least an hour and a half the fish came up dead and
they couldn’t revive it. Back at Ocean Sports it
weighed in at 145 kgs, a very nice fish indeed. Now to
have three blacks up together like that is very rare as
they, unlike blues and stripeys, are solitary fish most
of the time. It could have been that the fish they got
was a female and the other two were males breeding with
her. There has been a real decline in black marlin over
the last couple of weeks so it is good to see that there
are still a few around.
Snark
fishing with Tony Constance tagged a stripey and two sailfish
and Snowgoose on a short day caught three sailfish.
The
Friends of Kenya tournament is on Tuesday and Wednesday
this week so quite a number of boats will be over nighting
on Tuesday night which should be interesting. Neptune
is going on a safari up north on Tuesday so hopefully
I will have some interesting stuff to write about next
week.
Until
then take care.
Adrian
KINGFISHER
NEWS UPDATE 28TH FEBRUARY 2010
NEPTUNE
RELEASES A LOVELY 600+LBS BLACK MARLIN FOR CLIVE WATTS
BUT THE FISHING IN GENERAL IS VERY UP AND DOWN.
Dear
All,
We
have had quite an erratic week of fishing with some very
good days and some difficult ones. Although the current
is now heading in the right direction on the rips, south
to north, closer in and further north it is going south.
This is more than likely the main reason why the fishing
is inconsistent at the moment. As you will read further
into the report towards the end of the week a lot of fish
were found further out than we normally fish. This is
due to the warmer water having been pushed further out
into the deep and the fish moving with it. Current is
a major factor in fish behavior, especially pelagic fish.
Current is what determines where the small fish that the
bigger fish feed on end up and hold. Hopefully the southerly
current will get stronger and stronger and the fish will
move closer in and hold for a while. The wind has also
been swinging around a lot this week and for the last
few days it has been blowing from the south which is very
unusual for this time of the year. The northerly monsoon
should continue for at least another two weeks before
turning into the south. It is still very hot and humid
and by eight o clock in the morning one is dripping wet.
We have had the odd day with overcast skies but still
no real sign of rain.
On
Monday the 22nd February we had four boats out fishing.
It was the first of five days for Clive Watts and Glenn
Lines on Neptune. It wasn’t a bad start at all with
one black marlin and three sailfish. Clive and Glenn are
regulars who come at the same time every year. Eclare
had a couple of sailfish with a group led by Andy Hogg
, they had a big black marlin on for a while but unfortunately
lost it by the boat. Tina and Snowgoose had two and one
sailfish respectively.
On
the 23rd the fishing was very difficult with none of our
boats catching marlin. Neptune was our top boat with three
sailfish and a nice bronze whaler shark estimated at 80
kgs. The shark took a live frigate mackerel on the down
rigger. Friggies as we call them here are the prime bait
at the moment as they are candy to any billfish. Half
the job in catching a marlin is to get a live friggie
as they don’t stay up on the surface for long. Once
you have got some out live your chances of getting a marlin
are very high indeed. Apart from Malachite and Snowgoose
who got two and one sailfish respectively the other boats
just had a few small fish each.
On
the 24th the friggies were up out on the rips for most
of the morning which meant most boats that were out there
got live baits in nice and early. Neptune tagged a big
stripey of 70 kgs early in the morning and then put out
some live baits. It wasn’t to long before the one
on the down rigger was taken and a big black started to
grey hound across the waves. They fought the fish for
close to two hours before getting it on the trace a couple
of times. On the second time it shook its head and the
hook came loose before they could get the tag in. It was
estimated at between 600 – 650 lbs. Clive Watts was
the angler and it is by far the biggest fish he has caught
after coming here for many years. There were two other
nice blacks caught in the same area around the same time
and they were also on live friggies. Eclare, our only
other boat on the rips had a hard day coming back with
one dorado. The other boats were fishing off Malindi and
they ended up with a few sailfish and small fish.
The
25th was a much better day with more stripeys and sailfish
being seen out on the rips although they were quite a
long way south and out of reach of our Malindi boats.
Neptune had a good day again with Clive and Glenn fishing.
As they were putting the lines in at 7.30 am a black marlin
came in and took an outrigger which Glenn got stuck into.
After a good fight which lasted half an hour or so the
fish was tagged and released and estimated at 90 kgs.
They went on to add a couple of sailfish but didn’t
see any more marlin. The Watamu boats had a few striped
marlin, a couple of boats had large packs of stripeys
and sail up together which is absolute bedlam. Snark also
had a good day with one black marlin and twenty eight
wahoo. Yes you read right the first time, they obviously
found the right spot and got multiple wahoo strikes all
morning. The flat calm weather and blue water which wahoo
love obviously brought them on to the boil. There was
certainly no time for rest, for those on Snark that’s
for sure.
On
the 26th the rips were quiet again and Neptune struggled
returning with one dorado. Eclare, also fishing the rips
caught a couple of sailfish, a barracuda and a wahoo and
Snark had three sailfish and Tina one.
On
the 27th due to the day before being quiet on the rips
some boats decided to do a bit of exploring to see if
the fish were hiding elsewhere .Neptune, Alleycat and
Clueless decided to head up north and fish out of Ngomeini
for a few days and Black Widow went out to the NKB for
an overnight trip. On the trip down Neptune and a few
Watamu boats ventured out a lot further in to the deep
water outside the rips and here they found a lot of fish.
It is approximately six to eight miles from where the
fish have been. They raised pack after pack of sailfish
ending up with fourteen as well as eight tuna and lost
a couple of marlin as well. Ol-jogi from Hemigways had
ten sailfish and a stripey and most other boats that went
out there got stuck into fish. Why the fish were there
in this deep structure less water can only be to do with
warm water and current. Anyway to cut a long story short
Neptune continued towards Ngomeini only to find out just
before going in that Balck Widow on the NKB had seen very
little all day. This meant a quick about turn as there
is no point leaving an area where the fish are, to go
to somewhere that is dead. For some reason the NKB hasn’t
taken off this season like it did the last and the fishing
seems to be better south off Watamu\Malindi. Neptune steamed
back into Malindi where they stayed the night. Eclare
was in the Kilifi Classic tournament and due to the distances
involved couldn’t stay with the fish for too long
before having to head back. They lost a lot of fish however
and ended up with four sailfish and were in fourth spot
after day one. Our other boats fished closer in off Watamu
and bumped in to the wahoo again. Snark, Tina and Snowgoose
ended up with at least twenty wahoo each as well as some
other small fish.
The
Kilifi classic finishes today so I will let you know the
results in next weeks update. Next weekend is the Watamu
Festival fished out of Ocean Sports and the 10th and 11th
March is the Friends of Kenya tournament. If any of you
would like a last bash before the season comes to a close
in a month or so, one of these comps would be a prime
opportunity.
Until
next week take care.
Adrian
KINGFISHER
NEWS UPDATE 21ST FEBRUARY 2010
“GRAND
SLAM” ON FLY!!!! CON JOOSTE ON ECLARE REGISTERS KENYA’S
FIRST GRAND SLAM ON FLY AND THE WORLDS FIRST WITH A BROADBILL
AS PART OF THE SLAM.
Dear
All,
History
was made here this past week as regular fly fisher Con
Jooste registered Kenys’s first “Grand Slam”
on fly. I have to say I am not to sure if and where it
has been done elsewhere in the world but I am told it
has but not with a broadbill as one of the three billfish.
The full story of Con’s feats is told below.
It has been another good and busy week for us here at
Kingfisher. The fishing is still very erratic with the
odd brilliant day and quite a few blanks. The weather
continues to be hot and humid and the wind is still blowing
from the north. The current is also going south which
is not good at all and is more than likely the reason
why the fishing isn’t as good as it has been. This
is because the dirty water from up north is all over the
fishing grounds and the lack of a strong northerly current
means that the upwellings along the various mountains
and ledges are not so vigorous. We have had quite a few
cloudy days this week and the odd slight drizzle but nothing
to jump up and down about. There have been a few bigger
fish seen which is a good sign as we could do with some
big “mama’s “on the end of our lines. The
run of small blues seems to have dwindled off a bit with
the majority of marlin caught this week being striped
and a handful of black’s. It is interesting to note
that since the beginning of January our boats have had
2 super grand slams and 13 grand slams between them. Let’s
hope we can get a few more in before the end of the season.
On
the 15th February Eclare departed at noon for an overnight
trip to the South Mlima with Con Jooste on board. The
main aim of the trip was to try and catch a broadbill
on fly which hasn’t been done too many times before.
The first broadbill on fly in the world was caught by
Jeremy Block off the Kenya coast on Eclare in April 1998
when Richard Moller owned and skippered her. That was
many moons ago and only four or five more have been caught
since then. It takes a lot of patience and skill to even
cast at one let alone catch one so no wonder they are
any salt water fly fishermans dream. They didn’t
have too much luck during the day and only caught one
sailfish conventionally on the way out. At 6.30 pm the
teasers were set out and the boat slowed down into broadbill
speed. Obviously the main aim with any billfish fly fishing
is to get the fish close enough to the boat so one can
cast at it. During the day this is fine as you can see
what you are doing but at night it is a different story
and the man on the teaser has to feel what is going on.
From what I can gather most broadbill raised fall back
once they strike and don’t get close enough. That
wasn’t the case tonight however, as at 7.30 pm they
had a strike and the fish came right to the back of the
boat and as Con cast out into the dead of night it pounced
on to the fly. Even though it was only approximately 25
kgs it gave him a good fight and after half an hour or
so they had tagged it and let it go. As one can imagine
it didn’t really matter what happened during the
rest of the night as Con’s dream had come true. They
did have three or four other strikes but none of them
hooked up. At first light the marlin teasers were put
back in and they started to troll faster looking for a
sailfish or marlin. They had literally just got going
again when a stripey came in to the spread and amazingly
it was hooked and tagged and released as well. After the
excitement had subsided Con and the crew realized that
they had a chance to make history and suddenly the anxiety
levels shot up. Quite a few sail had been seen of Malindi
so to Malindi they headed. No sooner had they decided
to look for a sailfish when a nice black marlin pitched
up behind a teaser.Con got the fly to it and it took but
came of after a few jumps. Once they got to Malindi they
saw a lot of fish jumping behind other boats but they
couldn’t raise any.
They
were giving up hope and were just about to call it a day
when a sailfish appeared in the spread. The fly was cast
and it nailed it immediately and after a short while it
was tagged and released and that was that, a Grand slam
on fly all tagged and released and caught by one angler.
An amazing effort and one which I am sure Con will never
forget. None of our other boats had marlin on the 16th
but it was a good day for sailfish with Snowgoose getting
five, Tina four, Snark three, Malachite two and Neptune
one.
On
the 17th marlin were few and far between again but Tina
managed to get a stripey of approximately 60 kgs for Mike
Clough. After trying for a few years this was his first
marlin so he was a happy man at the end of the day. Neptune
also got a stripey for Steve Herrick as well as two sailfish.
Snowgoose fishing with Ted and Barnaby Grayson managed
to get five sail once again.
On
the 18th Snark fishing with old stalwarts Bernd Baye and
Christian Kutz caught four sailfish and a giant trevally
which was tagged and released. Eclare on Con Jooste’s
last day tagged a sailfish on fly and missed a few others.
Con also got a nice sized wahoo on fly without a wire
leader which was a very good effort.
Friday
the 19th was the Morson cup light tackle tournament fished
out of the Malindi Sea Fishing Club. Eclare was our only
boat in the tournament fishing with Egon Jenke and Reiner
Weider. They did well to get into third place with five
sailfish, Tarka was second with five as well, but a couple
were caught on lighter line than Eclares, and Unreel was
first with six sail. A total of twenty one sailfish were
caught on the six boats and all boats caught at least
one which makes it one of the most fruitful Morson Cups
in many years. I remember some years when no billfish
at all were caught and quite a few when only one or two
sail have been landed.
Saturday
the 20th saw the start of the Malindi International Billfish
Tournament. Unfortunately only seven boats entered the
event which is a shame for such a well known tournament.
The tournament was sponsored by Wells Fargo courier, Hotel
Plan and Diamond Trust bank. The club is very grateful
to all three as sponsors are very hard to come by these
days. The auction was held in the club on Friday night
and a good turnout meant that the top boats went for a
reasonable amount of money. Tarka fished by Paul Worthington,Batian
Craig and Callum Looman had an incredible start catching
three striped marlin together at 9 am. They could have
called it a day and gone back to the bar for a drink after
that! Offcourse they didn’t and a fourth stripey
was added a few hours later. Neptune with John Cook and
Steve Herrick lay in second place with one stripey and
a sailfish after the first day and Unreel was third. Snowgoose
fishing with Billy Lynch were out on an overnight trip
fly fishing for marlin in the day and broadbill at night.
Unfortunately they weren’t as lucky as Eclare although
they had a good early start tagging a sailfish on the
way out. They did have three or four strikes in the night
but none came in close enough.
On
the 21st, the last day of the billfish it was try and
catch Tarka day for the other contenders in the tournament.
Tarka gave them a good chance as they didn’t add
to their overnight lead at all but their first day lead
was just too big a gap. Neptune had three stripeys up
together and hooked two but unfortunately one fell off,
they missed one and ended up with one which was enough
for second place. Unreel tagged a black and a sail to
retain third place. It was a very good tournament and
I think all those that took part really enjoyed themselves.
The party that took place in the club later in the evening
until the late hours of the night certainly suggested
so anyway! Tina although not in the tournament had a good
day with one black marlin of approximately 80 kgs and
three sailfish.
This
coming weekend is the Kilifi Classic held out of Swynfords
boatyard. It is always a very popular tournament and let’s
hope there will be lots of entrants.
All
in all another good week for us here and it seems this
coming week will be busy as well. The season is running
along quickly and there is only a month or so left before
it starts to get quiet.
We
have attached a few pictures of the “Fly Grandslam”
to this update.
Have
a good week and take care.
Adrian
KINGFISHER
NEWS UPDATE 14TH FEBRUARY 2010
ECLARE
HAS A VERY EXCITING 24 HOURS ON THE SOUTH MLIMA AND JUST
MISSES OUT ON A FANTASY SLAM AS UNREEL CATCHES A LARGE
BROADBILL.
Dear
All,
We
have come to the end of another busy week and have said
good bye to one group of fishermen and welcome and good
luck to the next. Most of our fishermen who come out at
this time of year come for a weeks fishing and the charter
flights normally arrive and depart at the beginning of
the week. It has been a difficult week fishing wise with
not as many fish showing as the previous few weeks. There
have been quite a few days this past week when boats have
returned with no billfish. Having said that there were
some amazing days for some boats which means the fish
are definitely still around. The weather is starting to
get hot and humid now as we get into the last month or
so of the northerly monsoon. This coming week looks very
busy again and it seems this is the case for all charter
boat operators on the north coast.
On
Sunday 7th February we had all five boats fishing. Neptune
with members of Eric Capellen’s Belgian group onboard
lost a lot of marlin and ended up with 5 sailfish. Snowgoose
with Art Van Davis and a colleague on board had a good
day with 2 striped marlin and two sailfish. Eclare with
David Wilson and Ian Cunningham fishing tagged 1 srtiped
marlin and 5 sailfish while Tina with other members of
the Belgian group fishing had a striped marlin and 2 sailfish.
Snark with the rest of the Belgian group caught 5 sailfish
and 1 wahoo.
On
the 8th Eclare and Snowgoose left for the south mlima
for an overnight trip. Eclare with Egon Jenke and Mr Wieder
and Snowgoose with Bernd Baye and Christian. Tina tagged
and released a very nice black marlin for David Wilson.
It was estimated at 250 kgs and performed beautifully
next to the boat, jumping all over the place. Unfortunately
Ian Cunningham, fishing with David Wilson, didn’t
mange to get any pictures of the magnificent fish. Neptune
with Richard Segers and Arie Theunissen on board released
a striped marlin and 4 sailfish. They had a nice black
on but unfortunately it got away.
On
the 9th Eclare returned from her overnight trip with a
very colourful right outrigger. On the 8th they tagged
and released 2 striped marlin and a sailfish early on
in the day. They then lost a nice black marlin in the
late afternoon after it jumped and threw the hook and
at 6.30 pm in the evening just before switching to broadbill
baits they hooked a nice blue on 50 lb line. They fought
it for an hour and a half before it succumbed and they
tagged and released it. They estimated it at 150 kgs.
During the night they caught four broadbill and had another
two strikes which they lost. The biggest broadbill was
estimated at 50 kgs. The next morning they got another
striped marlin and 3 sailfish before heading home. All
the marlin and sailfish as well as two broadbill were
caught by Egon Jenke who is known around here to be a
lucky fisherman but I should think Mr Wieder would have
been slightly mystified with that result. They were fishing
different sides of the boat and when your luck is running
and your partners is not that’s what happens. Snowgoose
was not so lucky on the marlin front loosing two in the
afternoon and only tagging 1 sailfish. They got 2 very
nice broadbill in the night of 60 and 50 kgs before having
a fuel problem which meant that they had to return to
Malindi early. There are obviously some big broadbill
around as Unreel proved two nights later. They were having
a slow night until 5.30 am when they eventually had a
strike that stuck. It proved to be a very strong fish
and they couldn’t get it anywhere near the boat nearly
spooling them three times. Eventually after close to seven
hours the fish came up dead and there were signs to suggest
that it had been wrapped for most of the fight which is
why it had given them such a hard time. Back at the scales
it weighed in at a very impressive 113 kgs! What a lovely
fish and well done to the fisherman and Rob the skipper.
Snark had a good day on the 9th as well tagging a blue
marlin and a big stripey of 60 kgs as well as three sailfish.
Werner Richtammer tagged and released one striped marlin
and five sailfish on Tina on the same day.
On
the 10th Snark continued her good run of form with another
two striped marlin and a sailfish for Ulf Gaertner. Eclare
had a striped marlin and two sailfish for Andy Castle
and Alex Taylor and Snowgoose a blue and a sailfish for
Art Davis.
On
the 11th all our boats were out and Eclare was the top
boat with 2 striped marlin and 2 sailfish. Neptune had
1 stripey and the other boats had one or two sailfish
each. Snowgoose had two or three marlin on but unfortunately
they came off.
The
12th was a good day for Snark as they came home with a
blue and a striped marlin for Hillaeri Henk. Neptune tagged
a big striped marlin of 70 kgs and Snowgoose had a black
marlin and Eclare a sailfish.
The
13th was the first of six days for fly fishing fanatic
Con Jooste on Eclare and what a start it was. They tagged
a sailfish on fly early on and then added a striped marlin
and a black later on in the day. Both marlin came up to
the teasers and Con had a go with the fly but then they
dropped back and took the “shotgun” a long way
back. The fishing was quite slow today for most other
boats with a few not getting any billfish at all. Snark
got a small blue with Bernd Baye fishing and Snowgoose
a sail.
The
14th was much the same as the day before with a handful
of the Malindi\Watamu boats having very good fishing and
the rest not catching much at all. Neptune had a striped
marlin and 6 sailfish, Snark a striped marlin and five
sailfish and Eclare didn’t get any billfish but she
did have two or three marlin on including a nice blue
but nothing stuck. Malachite fishing with Gary Chesters
decided to have a look off Malindi and they came back
with four sailfish and some small fish.
Next
weekend is the Malindi Billfish Tournament sponsored by
Well’s Fargo courier, Diamond Trust bank and Plan
hotels. We are hoping that the fishing improves and gets
back to what it was a few weeks ago. As I said, an updates
ago everyone is welcome to the MSFC over the weekend either
to participate or to attend the weigh ins.
It
is good to have so much sport back on the satellite, especially
rugby and cricket. Infact during the next few months we
are going to be spoilt for choice on the rugby front with
the six nations, super fourteen and of course the 7’s
where Kenya is still doing us proud. This past weekend
in San Diego Kenya got to the semi finals where they were
beaten by New Zealand. Surely it is only a matter of time
before we win one of the World Series. It is still amazing
to see the support the team receives where ever they may
be playing in the world. Not only from Kenyans but from
all walks of life which just shows what people think of
Kenya.
That’s
it from here for another week.
Take
care.
Adrian.
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